34 - State of Wonder, by Ann Patchett, 353 pages, Harper Collins, 2011
WHY I PICKED IT: Ann Patchett wrote it.
ELAPSED TIME: 3 days
RATING: Very Good
As with all of her other work, I found this book to have characters that are engaging and warm. I found this story to be gripping and written with enough detail to draw me into that world, but not so much so that it became a book of descriptions.
Dr. Marina Singh is a research scientist sent into the forests of Brazil to find her former teacher (Dr. Annick Swenson) who is working on a wonder-drug. The hunt is not easy, especially considering that the last person sent to find her ended up dead. Swenson is focused, brilliant, and totally lacking in empathy.
The the story ends by bringing together the loose ends, but stops short of wrapping it all together is ... well, quite brilliant.
This blog is a simple review of every book that I read... For all books I’ll tell you why I picked it, how long it took me to read it, and give it a rating (burn it, not good, meh, good, very good, and required reading). I ask (encourage?) all readers of my blog to post their thoughts of any of the books in my comments :). Thanks!
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